What are the best broody hens

[La Mike]

Trying to figure out what makes the best hen for brooding ?

 

[gpamela3499]

I have always heard its Silkies

 

[Brindlebtch]

Silkies or bantam cochins. I think sometimes standard cochins.

 

[La Mike]

Dont have any of them they look too funny for me lol

Silkie that is.

 

[La Mike]

Silies have like black skin and meat right ?

 

[Cindiloohoo]

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Yes they do.

 

[La Mike]

OK so will silkies mix breeding wise with any other chicken and are the eggs edible ?

 

[Bock_Bock]

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yes their eggs are edible

and yes they can breed with other chickens even standard size chiekns at that.

 

[La Mike]

I figured they were i have been told the meat isnt so wasnt sure

If they do breed with others does the meat stay black?

I have only raised RIR and Dominiques.

 

[Bock_Bock]

it depends if the male is the silkie then i believe the chicks take on the hens traits, meat wise, but if the hen is the silkie then the chicks will have black meat